βιβλίς
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A = βιβλίον, EM197.30. II pl., cords of βίβλος, ibid.
German (Pape)
[Seite 444] ίδος, ἡ, bes. im plur., = βιβλίον. Auch Seile aus Bast gedreht, E. M., s. βυβλίς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βιβλίς: -ίδος, ἡ, = βιβλίον, Μ. Ἐτυμ. 197. 30. ΙΙ. κατὰ πληθ., σχοινία ἐκ βίβλου πεπλεγμένα, αὐτόθι.
